for resistance fighters members of the civilian militia network called the people s defence forces, or pdf. translation: they wanted our names and our mobile phones. | they asked, are you the pdf? everyone said they weren t. after a while, a short man with smallpox scars walked in. he started killing people, saying, you are pdf fighters. the military is now under attack across the country from the people s defence forces. what started a year ago as peaceful protests against the military coup is now a guerrilla war. translation: there is no country we translation: there is no country we can translation: there is no country we can rely - translation: there is no country we can rely on. - translation: there is no i country we can rely on. there is no international organisation we can rely on. this man whose name means dragon has emerged as one of the prominent leaders of the armed resistance. before the
police investigating the parties say they ve received hundreds of photographs and documents. also in the programme. it s a year since the military seized power in myanmar un investigators say more than a thousand people might have been killed in war crimes since the coup. translation: i took up arms in the hoe translation: i took up arms in the hepe our translation: i took up arms in the hope our weapons translation: i took up arms in the hope our weapons would - the hope our weapons would bring justice for the whole society. i will be fighting for that as long as i live. and more than a billion people around the world are celebrating lunar new year we ll tell you all you need to know about one of the world s biggest festivals. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday.
this report from rebecca henshke is distressing from the start. this is the aftermath of a brutal raid by the military on a village in central myanmar. the bodies of six men were found. they were the ones who couldn t run. three were elderly, two had a mental health condition. some had their hands tied, as well as ropes around their neck. this man s body showed signs of torture. his widow says he stayed to look after their animals. translation: he had a limp after falling - from a palm tree. they must have seen he was disabled. he was old enough to be their father or grandfather, but they killed him. i m heartbroken. this man was rounded up in the same group, but managed to escape by pretending to be dead. he says soldiers were looking
coup, he was a businessman. now he controls pdf units fighting with whatever weapons they can find. translation: i with whatever weapons they can find. translation: find. translation: i took up arms in the find. translation: i took up arms in the hope find. translation: i took up arms in the hope our- find. translation: i took up| arms in the hope our weapons would bring justice for the whole of society. i keep fighting for that as long as i live. , ., , . ~ live. the pdf are being backed b ethnic live. the pdf are being backed by ethnic armies live. the pdf are being backed by ethnic armies who - live. the pdf are being backed by ethnic armies who have - live. the pdf are being backedl by ethnic armies who have been fighting that as long as i live. the pdf are being backed by ethnic armies who had been fighting the military for decades in the border areas. theirjungle camps, thousands their jungle camps, thousands of theirjungle camps, thousands of young protesters have been tr
nothing about attacking military. ifear nothing about killing - attacking military. i fear- nothing about killing soldiers or military dictators. our people are in deep trouble because of them. the people are in deep trouble because of them.- people are in deep trouble because of them. . because of them. the well armed military has because of them. the well armed military has labelled because of them. the well armed military has labelled anyone - military has labelled anyone opposing them as terrorists, vowing to hold onto power. this is now a civil war. a conflict thatis is now a civil war. a conflict that is intensifying and largely hidden from the outside world. we turn next to southern africa, where rescue workers have been struggling to reach tens of thousands of people who have been cut off after tropical storm ana swept through the region last week. the storm made landfall in madagascar last monday, before ploughing a destructive path across into mozambique and malawi. and